On May 30, 2022, 32-year-old Jose Luis Ortiz Dejesus was shot and killed inside a residence in the 2600 block of Calle San Francisco in San Juan Capistrano, California. Deputies responding just after 9 p.m. found Ortiz Dejesus with a gunshot wound; the Orange County Fire Authority pronounced him dead at the scene. The suspect had fled before deputies arrived.

Investigators quickly identified 19-year-old Yonic Montealvan-Saldivar as a person of interest. He was detained at the Calexico West Port of Entry on June 10, 2022, then transferred to local custody and returned to Orange County, where he was booked for homicide on June 13, 2022. The community was left reeling by Ortiz Dejesus’s death.

What did neighbors or anyone who was in the area that night see or hear that could help fill gaps in the timeline?